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This book studies the exclusive refractive perspectives of British women who took up the twin challenges of travel and writing when Britain was establishing itself as the greatest empire on earth. Contributors explore the ways in which travel writing has defined women’s engagement with Empire and British identity, and was inextricably linked with the issue of identity formation. With a capacious geographical canvas, this volume examines the multifaceted relations and negotiations of British women travellers in a range of different imperial contexts across continents from America, Africa, Europe to Australia.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Sutapa Dutta

Part I: On the Continent, Framing "Britishness"

1. Colonising the French: Elizabeth Inchbald’s Cultural Appropriation

Ben P. Robertson

2. Views of an "Overthrown" Kingdom: Britishness and Otherness in The Spanish Journal of Elizabeth Holland

Antonio Calvo Maturana

3. Roman Monuments, Ruins and Remains: British Women Travellers’ Perception of Historical Heritage in the Early 19th Century

Barbara Tetti

4. On Terrains of the Other Empire: Mary Holderness’ Account of Her Residence in Early 19th-Century Crimea

Nataliia Voloshkova

Part II: In the Colonies, Defining "Non-British"

5. The Politics of Feasting: Janet Schaw’s Sensory Experience of the West Indies

Georgina Elisabeth Munn

6. Creating a "More Popular Work": The Lasting Influence of Maria Graham’s Journal of a Residence in India (1812)

This book studies the exclusive refractive perspectives of British women who took up the twin challenges of travel and writing when Britain was establishing itself as the greatest empire on earth. Contributors explore the ways in which travel writing has defined women’s engagement with Empire and British identity, and was inextricably linked with the issue of identity formation. With a capacious geographical canvas, this volume examines the multifaceted relations and negotiations of British women travellers in a range of different imperial contexts across continents from America, Africa, Europe to Australia.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Sutapa Dutta

Part I: On the Continent, Framing "Britishness"

1. Colonising the French: Elizabeth Inchbald’s Cultural Appropriation

Ben P. Robertson

2. Views of an "Overthrown" Kingdom: Britishness and Otherness in The Spanish Journal of Elizabeth Holland

Antonio Calvo Maturana

3. Roman Monuments, Ruins and Remains: British Women Travellers’ Perception of Historical Heritage in the Early 19th Century

Barbara Tetti

4. On Terrains of the Other Empire: Mary Holderness’ Account of Her Residence in Early 19th-Century Crimea

Nataliia Voloshkova

Part II: In the Colonies, Defining "Non-British"

5. The Politics of Feasting: Janet Schaw’s Sensory Experience of the West Indies

Georgina Elisabeth Munn

6. Creating a "More Popular Work": The Lasting Influence of Maria Graham’s Journal of a Residence in India (1812)

This book studies the exclusive refractive perspectives of British women who took up the twin challenges of travel and writing when Britain was establishing itself as the greatest empire on earth. Contributors explore the ways in which travel writing has defined women’s engagement with Empire and British identity, and was inextricably linked with the issue of identity formation. With a capacious geographical canvas, this volume examines the multifaceted relations and negotiations of British women travellers in a range of different imperial contexts across continents from America, Africa, Europe to Australia.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Sutapa Dutta

Part I: On the Continent, Framing "Britishness"

1. Colonising the French: Elizabeth Inchbald’s Cultural Appropriation

Ben P. Robertson

2. Views of an "Overthrown" Kingdom: Britishness and Otherness in The Spanish Journal of Elizabeth Holland

Antonio Calvo Maturana

3. Roman Monuments, Ruins and Remains: British Women Travellers’ Perception of Historical Heritage in the Early 19th Century

Barbara Tetti

4. On Terrains of the Other Empire: Mary Holderness’ Account of Her Residence in Early 19th-Century Crimea

Nataliia Voloshkova

Part II: In the Colonies, Defining "Non-British"

5. The Politics of Feasting: Janet Schaw’s Sensory Experience of the West Indies

Georgina Elisabeth Munn

6. Creating a "More Popular Work": The Lasting Influence of Maria Graham’s Journal of a Residence in India (1812)

This book studies the exclusive refractive perspectives of British women who took up the twin challenges of travel and writing when Britain was establishing itself as the greatest empire on earth. Contributors explore the ways in which travel writing has defined women’s engagement with Empire and British identity, and was inextricably linked with the issue of identity formation. With a capacious geographical canvas, this volume examines the multifaceted relations and negotiations of British women travellers in a range of different imperial contexts across continents from America, Africa, Europe to Australia.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Sutapa Dutta

Part I: On the Continent, Framing "Britishness"

1. Colonising the French: Elizabeth Inchbald’s Cultural Appropriation

Ben P. Robertson

2. Views of an "Overthrown" Kingdom: Britishness and Otherness in The Spanish Journal of Elizabeth Holland

Antonio Calvo Maturana

3. Roman Monuments, Ruins and Remains: British Women Travellers’ Perception of Historical Heritage in the Early 19th Century

Barbara Tetti

4. On Terrains of the Other Empire: Mary Holderness’ Account of Her Residence in Early 19th-Century Crimea

Nataliia Voloshkova

Part II: In the Colonies, Defining "Non-British"

5. The Politics of Feasting: Janet Schaw’s Sensory Experience of the West Indies

Georgina Elisabeth Munn

6. Creating a "More Popular Work": The Lasting Influence of Maria Graham’s Journal of a Residence in India (1812)

This book studies the exclusive refractive perspectives of British women who took up the twin challenges of travel and writing when Britain was establishing itself as the greatest empire on earth. Contributors explore the ways in which travel writing has defined women’s engagement with Empire and British identity, and was inextricably linked with the issue of identity formation. With a capacious geographical canvas, this volume examines the multifaceted relations and negotiations of British women travellers in a range of different imperial contexts across continents from America, Africa, Europe to Australia.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Sutapa Dutta

Part I: On the Continent, Framing "Britishness"

1. Colonising the French: Elizabeth Inchbald’s Cultural Appropriation

Ben P. Robertson

2. Views of an "Overthrown" Kingdom: Britishness and Otherness in The Spanish Journal of Elizabeth Holland

Antonio Calvo Maturana

3. Roman Monuments, Ruins and Remains: British Women Travellers’ Perception of Historical Heritage in the Early 19th Century

Barbara Tetti

4. On Terrains of the Other Empire: Mary Holderness’ Account of Her Residence in Early 19th-Century Crimea

Nataliia Voloshkova

Part II: In the Colonies, Defining "Non-British"

5. The Politics of Feasting: Janet Schaw’s Sensory Experience of the West Indies

Georgina Elisabeth Munn

6. Creating a "More Popular Work": The Lasting Influence of Maria Graham’s Journal of a Residence in India (1812)

This book studies the exclusive refractive perspectives of British women who took up the twin challenges of travel and writing when Britain was establishing itself as the greatest empire on earth. Contributors explore the ways in which travel writing has defined women’s engagement with Empire and British identity, and was inextricably linked with the issue of identity formation. With a capacious geographical canvas, this volume examines the multifaceted relations and negotiations of British women travellers in a range of different imperial contexts across continents from America, Africa, Europe to Australia.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Sutapa Dutta

Part I: On the Continent, Framing "Britishness"

1. Colonising the French: Elizabeth Inchbald’s Cultural Appropriation

Ben P. Robertson

2. Views of an "Overthrown" Kingdom: Britishness and Otherness in The Spanish Journal of Elizabeth Holland

Antonio Calvo Maturana

3. Roman Monuments, Ruins and Remains: British Women Travellers’ Perception of Historical Heritage in the Early 19th Century

Barbara Tetti

4. On Terrains of the Other Empire: Mary Holderness’ Account of Her Residence in Early 19th-Century Crimea

Nataliia Voloshkova

Part II: In the Colonies, Defining "Non-British"

5. The Politics of Feasting: Janet Schaw’s Sensory Experience of the West Indies

Georgina Elisabeth Munn

6. Creating a "More Popular Work": The Lasting Influence of Maria Graham’s Journal of a Residence in India (1812)